A curious thing happened when listening to Skyharbor's second album, which is coming out November 10th. I realized I had no memory of their first one...

So to refresh my memory I popped it in and gave it a quick spin. I enjoyed it thoroughly as I thought I had before but even after that I didn't have any songs stuck in my head. The same thing happened on my first listen of Guiding Lights. I enjoyed it quite a lot, Dan Tompkins was awe inspiring as always, the music was more varied than on the previous album and the overall production was great. Despite this I, for some reason, had difficulty remembering songs afterwards. This made the first listen a strange experience of sorts, one I haven't had in recent memory.

If you liked Skyharbor's first album I'm sure you'll love this as it is definitely an improvement but for some reason, despite liking pretty much everything so far, I can't seem to get it stuck in my head. Maybe it's not a bad thing though, maybe it'll remain fresh for longer because of it, who knows?

I'll give it more listens and if this changes I'll be sure to update it but for now it's the best album I've forgotten this year and I'll enjoy re-remembering it as long as I can.

If you too want to enjoy the album when it comes out (or a bit sooner) be sure to pre-order it from the band's Pledgemusic project. A digital copy is cheap as fast food so if you dig Skyharbor or Dan Tompkins you don't have a lot to lose.

http://pledgemusic.com/projects/skyharbor

There are a few songs out already, one of which has what is probably the best music video of the year so enjoy, pre-order and let me know what you think.